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Updated November 9, 2026
Delray Beach has roughly 58 new construction single-family homes on the market as of early November 2026, starting from about $1.1 million and running up past $16 million. The average works out near $836 per square foot on homes averaging about 4,200 square feet. Unlike the condominium side, where three projects account for nearly everything, Delray's new houses are spread across more than a dozen small pockets - most of them infill, most of them one to fifteen homes at a time.
There is no Delray equivalent of a thousand-home master-planned community east of the turnpike. The land simply is not there. What you are looking at instead is infill: a builder buys one or two lots in an established neighborhood, takes down what was there, and puts up something considerably larger.
That shapes everything about the purchase. You are buying a new house on an old street, which means mature trees and a neighborhood that already works - and it also means your next-door neighbor may be a 1958 ranch that will still be a 1958 ranch in ten years. Some buyers love that. Some find it jarring. Go look at the street, not just the house.
The one genuine exception is Delray Ridge, a gated enclave of fourteen homes off North Swinton, and Cache 11 on Palm Trail, which is eleven. Both have their own pages here with closed-sale detail.
| Community or pocket | Roughly where | Price band | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Gardens at Delray | West Delray, Persimmon Avenue | From about $8M, up to about $16M | The top of the market. Very large contemporary estates on generous lots. |
| Tierra Del Rey Estates | West Delray | Up to about $16.5M | Estate scale, ten thousand square feet and above. |
| Delray Isle | Off George Bush Boulevard, east | From about $7.8M | True Intracoastal waterfront. Small and tightly held. |
| Tropic Isle | Southeast Delray, off Federal | From about $7M | Canal-front with ocean access. Boaters buy here. |
| Lake Eden | North of Lake Ida Road | From about $6.9M | Large lots, established and quiet. |
| Snow Hill and Sophia Frey | Northeast Delray, near Palm Trail | From about $5M | Walkable to the beach and to Atlantic Avenue. |
| Grove Estates | Grove Place | From about $4.7M | A handful of newly built homes on one short street. |
| Matteo Court at Barwick | Northwest, off Barwick Road | From about $3.8M | One of the few true small subdivisions. Several plans available. |
| Dell Park and Plumosa Park | Northeast, off Seacrest | From about $3.6M | Classic infill. Old streets, new houses. |
| Eastview and Totterdale | East Delray | From about $3.9M | Close to the water without paying waterfront pricing. |
| Osceola Park | South of Atlantic, east of Federal | From about $3.3M | The neighborhood changing fastest right now. |
| Swinton Heights | Off North Swinton | From about $4M | Deliveries running into 2027 and 2028. |
Counts and prices move constantly, which is why this page gives bands rather than a live inventory list. The search below this article is tied to the MLS and is always current.
The thinnest part of the Delray new-construction market. Expect a smaller lot, a more modest footprint, and a location further west or on a less established street. If this is your band, the resale market from the last ten years will give you far more house, and that is a legitimate trade to consider rather than a consolation prize.
Where most of the activity sits. Four to five bedrooms, roughly 3,600 to 4,800 square feet, pool, two-car garage, in a walkable eastern neighborhood. Osceola Park, Dell Park, Plumosa Park, Eastview, Matteo Court. This is the band where new construction in Delray makes the most sense on its own terms.
Larger homes closer to the water, or on the water. Snow Hill, Sophia Frey, Lake Eden, Tropic Isle, Delray Isle. Five to six bedrooms, 4,700 to 6,300 square feet. If the water matters, this is the entry point, and canal-front with ocean access costs less than direct Intracoastal.
Estate product, mostly west of town on larger acreage, plus the best of the waterfront. Modern Gardens at Delray and Tierra Del Rey Estates dominate here, with homes from about 8,000 to over 10,000 square feet. Small market, few buyers, long days on market. Patience is an advantage.
An honest comparison, because the per-foot numbers are not close. New construction in Delray averages around $836 per square foot. A well-kept house built in the last ten to fifteen years in the same neighborhoods generally trades well below that.
What the premium buys you: current building code and impact glass throughout, a roof and systems with full life ahead of them, insurance pricing that reflects a new build, and no deferred maintenance to inherit. In Florida in 2026, the insurance and roof-age piece is not a small line item.
What it costs you beyond the money: time. Several of the homes listed here deliver in 2027 or 2028. And on an infill lot you are accepting whatever the street looks like, because nobody is master-planning it around you.
If you want to think that through properly, I have written about the same trade-off on the condominium side in older resale or new build in South Florida.
Builders in Delray do not advertise most of what is coming. A large share of infill never reaches the MLS as "new construction" until it is nearly finished, and some is sold before it is listed at all. I know which lots have traded, who is building on them, and what is likely to come up next.
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Roughly 58 single-family homes flagged as new construction were active in the Delray Beach MLS in early November 2026. That number moves weekly as homes go under contract and new listings come on, so treat it as a snapshot rather than a fixed figure. The live search on this page reflects current inventory.
Active listings start from about $1.1 million and run past $16 million, with the average near $4 million. On a per-square-foot basis the average sits around $836, on homes averaging roughly 4,200 square feet. Most of the actual transaction volume happens between $3 million and $5 million.
Only in a limited sense. Delray has no large master-planned new-home community east of the turnpike, because the land is not available. What exists is Delray Ridge, a gated enclave of fourteen homes, Cache 11 with eleven homes on Palm Trail, and Matteo Court at Barwick. Everything else is infill - one or two lots at a time inside established neighborhoods.
Yes, though the supply is very small. Delray Isle offers direct Intracoastal frontage and Tropic Isle offers canal-front with ocean access, which is the more attainable of the two. Expect to start near $7 million for either. Note that waterfront in this market means the Intracoastal or the ocean - not the man-made lakes inside the western gated communities, which are a different product at a different price.
Entry pricing is around $1.1 million, but inventory at that level is thin and generally means a smaller home further west. Buyers working below roughly $2 million usually get materially more house from the recent resale market than from new construction, and that is worth weighing honestly rather than stretching to buy new.
It varies by home. Some listed now are complete or nearly complete. Others carry build years of 2027 and even 2028, meaning you are buying well ahead of delivery. On any home not yet finished, get the completion date written into the contract with a remedy if it slips.
You do not need one, and going without will not get you a lower price - the builder's price is the builder's price, and the buyer-side commission is generally already accounted for. What you lose by going alone is having anyone read the contract, the warranty, the allowance schedule and the delivery terms on your side of the table. Register your broker at first contact, before you tour.
On price per square foot, yes, by a wide margin. Delray new construction averages around $836 per square foot against roughly $1,478 in Boca Raton. The two markets are not selling the same thing, though - Boca's new-construction average is pulled up by estate product in neighborhoods like Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club that has no Delray equivalent. Compare neighborhood to neighborhood rather than city to city.
Damara Cohn
Broker of Mangrove Realty, Inc.
(561) 637-4559
Licensed Florida real estate broker since 2002, with 25+ years in the industry and over 35 years living in South Florida. Based in Delray Beach and working the coastal towns from Pompano Beach through West Palm Beach. Contact me directly, or see what your current home is worth.
Inventory counts, price bands, averages and price-per-square-foot figures on this page are drawn from the Beaches MLS as of November 9, 2026, are rounded, and change continuously. They are provided for general orientation and are not an appraisal or a valuation of any particular property. Community price bands reflect active listings at the time of writing and are not builder price lists. Square footage and lot dimensions are approximate and may differ from as-built conditions and from county records. Builder warranties, allowance schedules, completion dates and impact-glass specifications vary by builder and by home and must be verified in the contract documents. Nothing on this page is legal, financial, tax or insurance advice. Mangrove Realty, Inc. is not the builder or developer of any home or community referenced here and is not affiliated with their builders or sales teams. All information is believed accurate but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Mangrove Realty, Inc. is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage and fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.
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